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2026 Reading Challenge

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Jessica Patient

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in The United Kingdom

Website

http://www.writerslittlehelper.blogspot.com

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Member Since

August 2009

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Jessica’s short stories have appeared at 3:AM Magazine, The Beat, Metazen, The View from Here Magazine and many other places. Her writing has also been on display at the IMAX in London. Links to her published pieces can be found on her blog - http://writerslittlehelper.blogspot.com.

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Jessica Patient’s books

Average rating: 4.05 · 88 ratings · 23 reviews · 4 distinct works

	100RPM - One Hundred Stories Inspired By Music by Caroline Smailes (Editor), Nik Kershaw (Introduction), Rowan Coleman (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.95 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jawbreakers by Calum Kerr (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Valerie O'Riordan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jenn Ashworth (Contributor) 3.80 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Six Sentences, Volume 2 by Robert McEvily (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jessica Patient (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Marriage Scrappage Scheme And Other Stories it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Jessica is Currently Reading

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The Daily Artist's Way: 366 Meditations for Creative Living

by Julia Cameron

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Abroad in Japan

by Chris Broad

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Hamnet

by Maggie O'Farrell (Goodreads Author)

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Jessica’s Quotes

“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
― Ernest Hemingway

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“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”
― Charles W. Eliot

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“Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.”
― Roald Dahl

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“It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them. ”
― Agatha Christie, Agatha Christie: An Autobiography

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